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HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
Dee Unglaub Silverthorn, Ph.D.
Chapter 9, part A
The Central Nervous System
Figure 9-2: The embryonic nervous system develops into a hollow tube
Figure 9-3 a-c: The neural tube specializes into the six major regions of the nervous system.
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Brain
Spinal cord
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral
Brain Overview
Trillion interneurons fill the brain
Up to 200,000 synapses each
Brain divisions
Cerebrum
Diencephalons
Midbrain
Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla oblongata
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Brain Overview
Cranial Nerves